Richard Francis Burton Quotes

Richard Francis Burton — English Explorer born on March 19, 1821, died on October 19, 1890

Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS was a British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat. He was known for his travels and explorations in Asia, Africa and the Americas, as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures. According to one count, he spoke 29 European, Asian and African languages... (wikipedia)

Support a compatriot against a native, however the former may blunder or plunder.

I was surrounded at the time by about a dozen of the enemy, whose clubs rattled upon me without mercy, and the strokes of my sabre were rendered uncertain by the energetic pushes of an attendant who thus hoped to save me.

One death to a man is a serious thing: a dozen neutralize one another.

Travellers, like poets, are mostly an angry race: by falling into a daily fit of passion, I proved to the governor and his son, who were profuse in their attentions, that I was in earnest.

Wherever we halted we were surrounded by wandering troops of Bedouins.

Richard Francis Burton Quotes

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